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I like Warren a hell of lot too, but I don't think she's a viable candidate. IMHO, she's far to progressive/liberal (and prone to those charges sticking), than anyone who is electable to that particular office.

I'd love to be proven wrong, but I don't think she could raise enough money in the "invisible primary" to even be remotely viable, even towards winning the nomination. She's perceived as being far less centrist than Obama was, and that was Obama's secret to success.

That isn't to say that she couldn't ever be nominated -- but, rather, that she'd have to step away from many of her reforms-minded positions on a number of issues, before enough big donors would bankroll her. IMHO.

that she'd have to step away from many of her reforms-minded positions on a number of issues, before enough big donors would bankroll her.

Actually, that was my reason for opposing Hillary's presidential run - it seemed like a terrible waste of an particularly effective Senator. While that worked out in hindsight it's still a point to deeply consider. It's difficult to understate her value where she is right now. And actually that applies to Bernie Saunders too.